UTSA's post-half routine calls for a brief meeting with head coach Brooks Thompson just before play resumes.

And if the Roadrunners ever needed guidance, it was Sunday at the Convocation Center, where they trailed Division II Cameron by one after a lackluster first half.

They broke from tradition, however, choosing instead to gather by themselves for a private motivational meeting near the foul line. Whatever was said clearly worked, with UTSA ripping off 23 straight points to start the second half and coasting to a 76-48 victory.

“I have to give most of the credit to my team,” Thompson said. “They understood they weren't playing team basketball, and they corrected it themselves.”

The Roadrunners (4-3) outscored Cameron (3-3) 23-0, then 28-3, then 38-9, and finally 48-19 over the final 20 minutes, an emphatic finish to their brief two-game home stand that started with Saturday's overtime loss to Pepperdine.

Thompson was hoping for such a resounding response to that defeat, in which the Roadrunners led by 12 late in the first half and by six with two minutes remaining.

But he would be forced to wait after UTSA struggled through a poor opening half, shooting 33.3 percent and trailing 29-28 to a team that lost by 17 to the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma in its previous outing.

Smothering the Aggies with their half-court trap, UTSA held Cameron scoreless for more than 11 minutes to start the second half. The Aggies were 0 for 7 with 10 turnovers before Telo Vinicius interrupted UTSA's run with a contested 3-pointer.

“It's all on us,” said Stephen Franklin, who scored eight of his 10 points during the 23-0 run. “If we play defense right, good things happen on offense.”

That certainly was the case on Sunday, when the Roadrunners could have won even more handily had their shots been on.

As it was, Jordan Sims came off the bench to score a career-high 14 points, including four 3-pointers, and Kannon Burrage added 11. Jeromie Hill, who continues to acclimate to a new role, scored 11.